Hyphenation of laborious

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word laborious? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

la-bo-ri-ous

Definitions of laborious:

1.	Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion Especially physical effort Worked their arduous way up the mining valley A grueling campaign Hard labor Heavy work Heavy going Spent many laborious hours on the project Set a punishing pace

Synonyms of laborious:

adj	arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, punishing, toilsome, effortful

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.